Storm-sash hanger



Dec. 18 1923.

1 1,477,953 A. B. HAYS v STORMSASH HANGER Filed April 12 1923 Patented Dec. 18, 1923.

@NH'ED STATES ATHOL B. HAYS, OF BUCYRUS, NORTH DAKOTA.

STOBM-SASH HANGER.

Application filed April 12, 1923.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ATHoL B. HAYs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bucyrus, in the county of Adams, State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Storm-Sash Hangers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in storm sashes.

One objectof the invention is to provide a novel and improved hanging for a storm sash which permits the sash to be bodily moved toward and away from the window frame.

Another objectis to provide a device of this character in which the storm sash is capable of being adjusted to stand at different distances away from the window frame. I

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevation of a window frame and storm sash illustrat ing the invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of one of the hangers, viewed from without the window. with the sash partly open.

Figure 3 is a perspective view ofone of the hangers viewed from within the window.

Figure 4c is a vertical section on the line 4.-& of Figure 1, showing the cam means.

Refer ing particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents the sill of a window, and 11 the side stiles of the windon frame thereof, in connection with which the present invention is to be used.

In the inner vertical face of each side stile, of the window-frame, and adjacent the upper end thereof, there is formed a trans verse groove 12, and around this groove there is formed a countersunk recess 13. Secured. in this groove, by means of the screws 14, is the inner end of the hanger member 15. This inner end is formed with. a longitudinal open-ended slot 16, the inner end of which terminates in an upwardly extending notch 17 The hanger is formed from a single piece of suita le stifi metal; of he desir d thick Serial No. 631.677.

ness, and has the arm 18 extending from the attaching portion the outer end of the arm being turned upwardly and inwardly, as shown at 19, to form a hook. The upper edge portion of the arm 18 between the bight of the hook and the attached end of the hanger being bent laterally at right angles to the plane of the arm 18, to form the web 20 which serves as a reinforcement for the arm. A portion of this web 20, of the arm 18, extends into the before-mentioned recess 13, of the stile 11, as seen in the drawing, and especially in Figures 2 and 3.

In the upper end portion of each of the longer edge faces of the frame of the storm sash 21 there is formed a recess 22, and seated within each recess, and secured by means of the screws 23, is a metal plate 24:. Carried by this plate, and extending at right angles from the center of the outer face thereof, is a' pin 25, which is disposed to rest on the upper edge of the arm 18, and on the web 20, for sliding movement longitudinally of the arm.

It will be noted that the upper face of the sill 10 inclines downwardly and outwardly, away from the window-frame, and that the lower end of the storm sash rests on this face, with its lower face correspondingly beveled, as shown at 26. Secured to this upper face of the sill is an angle plate 27, one wing, 27 of which extends vertically, for a purpose which will be later disclosed. and secured to the said face of the sill, outwardly of the plate 27, and spaced therefrom, is a flat metal plate 28.

Embracing the intermediate portion of the lower end of the sash 21. is an angular U shaped metal plate and disposed through this plate, and the said lower portion of the sash, to extend horizontally inward therefrom, is a bolt 30. On the bolt, inwardly of the storm sash frame. is a sleeve 31, the inner end of which is reduced in diameter. as shown at 82, and is received in the rentral opening of the cam 33, a nut 34: bQlNjI engaged on the bolt and bearing against the adjacent end of the sleeve, whereby the sleeve and bolt are held together for rotary movement, to permit the cam being turned. The cam 38 is formed with a handle lever 35. by means of which it is adapted to be rotated, for the purpose of engagement behind the upstanding wing of the angle plate 27, or on the upper face of the plate 28, so that the sash 21 may be held in closed position, in the first instance, or in ditterent adjusted open positions, in the second instance.

The lower wall of the upper side of the hook portion of the hanger is formed with a number of recesses 36, into which the pin 25 is arranged to engage to hold the upper portion of sash open or closed. 'lhe rcewscs 36 may be increased or diminished in numher.

When the storm sash is in closed position the pins 25 will lie within the notches I? at the inner ends of the slots 16, while the lower end of the sash rests on the sill, with the cam 33 inwardly of the upstanding portion of the plate 2?, whereby the sash is held against accidental opening movement.

It will be understood that, as the sash is moved toward closed position, the pins 25 pass through the grooves 12, said grooves being directly opposite and communicating with the slots 16.

It will be further noted that the upper face of each arm 18 inclines downwardly and outwardly, between the slotted attaching portion and the outer or hook end, whereby, when the cam is swung on its pivot, and the lower end of the sash moved outwardly, the pins 25 will travel down wardly and outwardly on these inclined portions of the arms 18, as the lower end of the sash moves downwardly on the inclined face of the sill.

To support the lower portion of the sash in open and closed position, means corre sponding with those at the upper portion are employed, butas these are identical with those already described, a detailed illustration and description are unnecessary.

While I have described the invention as used in connection with a storm sash, it will be readily understood that the same may be used in connection with a screen.

\Vhat is claimed is:

1. The combination with a window-frame and sill, and a storm sash associated therewith, of upper and lower slotted hangers arried by the window-frame, means on the sash for supporting engagement on the hangers and movement toward and away from the window-frame, and means on the sash and cooperating with the sill for holding the sash in open and closed positions.

2. The combination with a window-frame, a sill, and a. storm sash movable into and out of the windoiwframe, hangers mounted on the window-frame and projecting outwardly therefrom, pins on the sash for slidable engagement on the hangers, stops on the sill, and means on the sash for cooperation with the stops for holding the sash in open and closed positions.

3. The combination with a windowframe, sill, and storm sash, the latter arranged to move into and outof the frame and to rest on. the said sill, of hooks mounted on the window-frame, laterally directed pins on the sash engaged with the hooks, stop means on the sill, and a cam on the sash for engagement with the stops to hold the sash at different positions toward and away from the window-frame.

The combination with a "1 aine, sill, and storm sash, of hooks mountd on the frame and extending outwardly there'trom, the side stiles of the frame being formed with transverse grooves, the in ner ends of the hooks being formed with longitudinal slots registering with said grooves, the upper faces of the shanks of the hooks being downwardly and outwardly inclined at an angle corresponding to the inclination of the sill, the upper wall of each of said slots being formed with a re cess, the upper wall of the hooks being formed with recesses, and laterally directed pins on the sash movable longitudinally on the shanks of the hooks and into and out of the said recesses and through said grooves.

5. The combination with a windowirame, sill, and storm sash, of hooks mounted on and extending outwardly from the side stiles of the frame, each-of said hooks having a shank formed with a laterally directed and longitudinal web, the upper wall of the bill of the hook having recesses, the attaching end of the hook being formed with a longitudinal inclined slot the upper wall of which is formed with a recess, the inner face of each side stile of the windowframe being formed with a transverse groove aligning with the said slot, the portion of the hook, between the bill and attaching portion being openon its upper side, an angular plate carried by the sill, a Hat plate carried by the sill outwardly of the angular plate, and a cam carried by the sash for engagement with said plates to hold the sash in open and closed positions.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ATHOL B. HAYS.

window- \Vitnesses i D. L. NYRE, JOHN SWEET. 

